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- Dictionarybarbarity/bɑːˈbarɪti/
noun
- 1. extreme cruelty or brutality: "the barbarity of the act outraged millions" Similar Opposite
- 2. absence of culture and civilization: "wildernesses were seen as places of great beauty rather than as places of barbarity" Similar Opposite
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behaviour that is very cruel, or a very cruel act: This barbarity must cease! The dictatorship has been responsible for countless barbarities. Synonyms. barbarism. brutality. savagery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unkind, cruel & unfeeling. acerbically. acerbity. acidly. anti-cruelty. cruelly. cruelty to someone/something. cutthroat
: an act or instance of such cruelty. Synonyms. atrociousness. atrocity. barbarousness. brutality. cruelness. cruelty. fiendishness. heartlessness. inhumanity. inhumanness. sadism. savageness. savagery. truculence. viciousness. wantonness. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of barbarity in a Sentence.
Barbarity definition: brutal or inhuman conduct; cruelty.. See examples of BARBARITY used in a sentence.
Deliberately inflicting terrible pain and suffering on other people is barbarity. While true barbarity reaches the level of torture, this noun is also used as an exaggerated way to say "an absence of civility or culture."
behavior that is very cruel, or a very cruel act: This barbarity needs to cease! The dictatorship has been responsible for countless barbarities. Synonyms. barbarism. brutality. savagery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unkind, cruel & unfeeling. acerbically. acerbity. acidly. anti-cruelty. cruelly. cruelty to someone/something.
If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel. [ disapproval ] Rebellions were put down with appalling barbarity.
behaviour that deliberately causes extreme physical or mental pain or difficulty to others. The barbarity of the old regime was eventually exposed. Word Origin mid 16th cent.: from Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’ + -ity. Want to learn more?
